Blevins High School to Graduate Friday Night
Thirty five members of the Blevins High School senior class will receive diplomas during exercises Friday night in the school gymnasium. William Humphries, assistant state commissioner of education, will deliver the principal address at 8. The baccalaureate sermon was given last Sunday by Rev. W. R. Hamilton. Class officers include Audrey Bradley valedictorian and Virginia Howea and Anna Lee Owens salutatorians. Lassen Peak in the Cascade Range rises to 10 453 feet and was named for pioneer Peter Lassen.
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Blevins High School
Blev
William Humphries
W. R. Hamilton
First Baptist Church of Hope
Audrey Bradley
Virginia Howea
Anna Lee Owens
Senior Classmates Memory Poem From School Friends
A compact farewell poem from a senior class member thanking classmates for support and friendship. It lists named friends and includes lines about shared school days and joy, ending with a note of stepping forward together.
History of Blevins Class Voyage Through School Years
A 1933 Blevins High School class chronicles a four year voyage through Freshman to Senior land led by conductors and assistants. Students explore algebra, literature, science, and citizenship while facing sophomores, with passports issued for each stage. The piece ends with a farewell on the sea of life and notes a factual aside about heart anatomy.
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van Hamilton
Blevins High School
Cack~land
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Cocker
Miss Gar
Literature
Sophomore Island
McCaskill
Mr. Whitten
Oral Bay
Sophonore Isle
Junion
Senior Haven
Hot Springs
J Hove
Cheria
Derio
Enrollment Gains Mark Blevins School District Growth
The Ble No. 2 Special School District has five schools including McCaskill Junior High with five teachers and 175 pupils, Blevins High with eight teachers and 250 pupils, Blevins Elementary with seven teachers and 330 pupils, plus two Negro schools with two teachers and 84 pupils. Since 1935 enrollment, attendance, and transfers rose, led by Superintendent A B Weatherington and staff. Enrollments 1938-39 projected at 990, daily attendance up from 621 to 750 1935-38, with a 592 average in 1937-38.
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Ble No. 2
McCaskill
Blevins
Bleving
A. B. Weatherington
Peanut crop dominance noted in southern states
In a 1987 report on education and agriculture the Blegins High School class sizes show 19 graduates in 1936 and 21 in 1987, while 1938 marked a peak with 36 graduates. The passage also notes that practically all U.S. peanut production comes from the southern states.
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Thas
United States
Southern States
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